Ball lightning
(Book)
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Author
Contributors
Martinsen, Joel, translator.
Published
New York : Tor, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 25 cm
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction
FIC SF
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FIC SF
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Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction | FIC SF | Checked Out | April 27, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Tor, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published in 2005 by Sichaun Science & Technology Press in Chengdu, China.
General Note
"The first three chapters of this translation appeared in the online magazine Words Without Borders in a slightly different form in 2009."
General Note
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Description
When Chen's parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier. While Chen's quest for answers gives purpose to his lonely life, it also pits him against soldiers and scientists with motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his single-minded pursuit of knowledge.
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